Hi everybody! My name is Alvin and I just picked up a 89 Turbo II. My first rotary and I'm loving it despite already having problems. I did my research, checked out the car,and test drove it...all good. Drove it 100 miles to get it home and now it quit boosting and idles low. Also, gas mileage! I thought my V8 Dodge Dakota was bad. Oh well, can't say I wasn't warned about the money pit these things can be. Anyway, I'm looking forward to meeting some cool folks and hoping the rotary gods bless me with more good times than bad.

 

Welcome to the club. Come out to a meet sometime we have them constantly.

First thing you should do though is INSPECT everything. TIIs are headaches and are also a pain to work on at times. Make sure there are no vacuum leaks, inspect the waste gate, etc. etc...

Best shop around:
http://www.rotorsport2.com/

Located in Santa Clara

 

welcome.

 

Thanks for the welcome.

Update on the Turbo II, I found out that it leaks coolant and diff fluid...still no boost.

Hey Funkjaw, you're right about the headaches! I'm waiting on a repair manual so I can do a thorough inspection. Rotorsport is probably where I'll end up. I work in Santa Clara and I'm always eating at the wienerschnitzel.

 

^ How funny is that cuz I run the smog shop that is behind the Wienerschnitzel on the weekends.

 

yea i almost bought a tII recently except for the fact that the whole darn rear subframe was so rusted out when u shifted the differntial hit the floor of the car! so im going with a wrecked fd roller shell soon hopefully! (no rust)

 

True that brother, tru that

check all the big rubber pipes for rips if u havnt already might be hard to see while there still on, thats what put the turbo parts car i bought in a scrapyard in the 1st time. 2nd time was cuz i stripped it to the bone...